By Xinhua,
Kabul : Afghanistan has inked the Anti-Cluster Bomb Treaty in Norwegian capital Oslo, according to a statement released by Afghan presidential Palace on Thursday.
“Afghan ambassador to Norway Jawed Ludin signed the Treaty on behalf of his government at a two-day conference in Oslo on Wednesday,” the statement said.
So far, 92 countries have joint the international treaty to ban the product and use of the cluster munitions.
Out of 125 nations attended the two-day Oslo conference concludes Thursday, according to the statement, more than 100 nations would sign the convention officially called the Conventionon Cluster Munitions, which bars adherents from using, producing, selling or stockpiling cluster munitions .
The United States, Russia, India, Pakistan and several Middle Eastern nations were among the countries having avoided joining the international treaty.